Fundamental Contradiction of Tanning

Gotham Glow Owner and CEO Tamar Vezirian discusses spray tanning for the Oscars:  I'm like a tanning ninja!

In some segments of society, those with dark skin, or at least darker than usual skin, are often targets of discrimination.  Yet, in other segments, people go to such lengths to get a tan - via sunbathing or Vezirian's spray tanning.  Darker skin somehow looks fit and healthy, maybe glamorous and wealthy as well.

Go figure.

To understand people, we must acknowledge these fundamental contradictions and account for them in our explanations of how they think, feel and behave.  It is part of what I call The Human Algorithm.